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zygotic

American  
[zahy-got-ik] / zaɪˈgɒt ɪk /

adjective

Biology.
  1. of or relating to a zygote.

  2. having zygosity.


Other Word Forms

  • zygotically adverb

Etymology

Origin of zygotic

First recorded in 1905–10; zygote + -ic

Example Sentences

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A mechanism of cohesin-dependent loop extrusion organizes zygotic genome architecture.

From Nature • Sep. 26, 2017

Each point represents a single cell. f, Diagram summarizing the observations made in the study and their relationship to the onset of zygotic POU5F1 expression.

From Nature • Sep. 19, 2017

Each point represents a single cell. f, Diagram summarizing the observations made in the study and their relationship to the onset of zygotic POU5F1 expression.

From Nature • Sep. 19, 2017

Then-me was zygotic, all potential and flux, and he tried to irradiate me to the world, to help mutate now-me into existence.

From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2017

Such a plant on self-fertilisation must give the zygotic series EEbb + 2 EeBb + eeBB, i.e.

From Mendelism Third Edition by Punnett, Reginald Crundall